PHP new vulnarabilities

[Paul Schmehl]

--On October 15, 2006 12:39:11 PM -0500 Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com> 
wrote:
>
> ive been scratching my head on this one for a few days too.  i have a
> box at  home, that is running 6.2-PRERELEASE.  when i try to install the
> lang/php5  port, i get:
>
> [root at athena /usr/ports/lang/php5]# make install clean
> ===>  php5-5.1.6_1 has known vulnerabilities:
> => php -- open_basedir Race Condition Vulnerability.
>    Reference:
> <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/edabe438-542f-11db-a5ae-00508d6a
> 62df.html> => Please update your ports tree and try again.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5.
>
> however, my server is running the same port, with no issue whatsoever.
>
That's because you installed the port on the server *before* the 
vulnerability was found.

> [root at zeus /etc/mail]# pkg_info | grep php5
> php5-5.1.6_1
> (and many extensions too)
>
> perplexing that one box could have it, while another one (using the same
> updated ports tree), refuses it.  could be related to the code branch im
> following on my workstaion versus my server?
>
No.  It's related to the timing of when a security vulnerability was 
discovered.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/